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Read. Follow. Verify.Kentucky HB 579 updates unemployment insurance eligibility, work search requirements, and base period rules
Last action · February 13, 2026: to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)Sponsor: Chad Aull
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What This Bill Proposed
Kentucky HB 579 amends state statutes concerning unemployment insurance by revising work search activity rules, audit mandates for the cabinet, and definitions for s and s. The bill removes the statutory waiting week provision and updates wage eligibility calculations.
Unemployed workers must meet revised criteria for work search activities and base-period wages to qualify for benefits, while the state cabinet assumes new audit and reporting duties regarding claimant compliance.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Unemployed workers
Claimants must complete five verifiable work search activities weekly and adhere to revised wage and eligibility standards without a waiting week.
Cabinet
The cabinet must conduct randomized weekly audits, issue regulations for verifying work search activities, and submit an annual report to the Governor and legislative committee.
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Does this bill require a waiting week before receiving unemployment benefits?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
2 actions- Feb 13, 2026HouseCommitteeto Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H)
- Feb 6, 2026HouseIntroducedintroduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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